More than 17,000 people are coveting 115 below-market apartments being built next to the San Leandro BART station, a stunning statement of just how intense Bay Area demand is for affordable housing.
The apartments, called Marea Alta, are one of three affordable-housing projects opening this year in mid-Alameda County. The Arbor at Hesperian in San Lorenzo will include 77 senior apartments, and another 64 senior and 87 family apartments are being constructed near the South Hayward BART station.
"It's great we had the foresight to be doing this, now that this kind of housing is needed more than ever," said Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday. "We're getting demand from two sides: from Silicon Valley and from San Francisco and Oakland. Rents are going up, and people are scrambling to find housing."
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